Tack and saddle rack

ABSTRACT

A rack for a readily applicable and removable saddle. It comprises a frame which is centrally arched over by an inverted U-shaped prop. The bight portion of the the prop elevates and suspends the saddle and the side members of the frame seat and balance the slanting skirt portions. Outwardly and downwardly inclined braces stabilize the prop and frame. The prop has a hook releasably connectible with an eye bolt on a tack room wall. An L-shaped hanger bracket is equipped with an arcuately shaped clip whereby to permit the tack to be hung from an accessible easy-toreach position.

United States Patent 51 3,688,912 Wilmoth Sept. 5, 1972 [54] TACK AND SADDLE RACK 72 Inventor: Frankie w. Wilmoth, Rte. 4, Box WWW-Nile ?Y 303 Yakima, w 93902 Attorney-Clarence A. OBnen and Harvey B. Jacobson [22] Filed: June 18, 1970 2] Appl. No.: 47,179 A TR A rack for a readily applicable and removable saddle. [52] US. Cl ..21 1/13, 21 1/87 It comprises a frame which is centrally arched over by [51] Int. Cl. ..A47f 7/00 an inverted U-shaped prop. The bight portion of the Field of Search 8 the prop elevates and suspends the saddle and the side 240/224 members of the frame seat and balance the slanting skirt portions. Outwardly and downwardly inclined [56] References Chad braces stabilize the prop and frame. The prop has a hook releasabl connectible with an e e bolt on a tack UNITED STATES PATENTS Y Y room wall. An L-shaped hanger bracket is equipped "2 X an arcuately whereby to permit the 2,760,746 8/1956 Botolfsen ..248/224 tack to be hung f an accessible easy to reach posi 2,953,252 9/1960 Koontz ..21 1/13 mm 3,315,819 4/1967 Kingsbery............ ...2l1/13 X 3,476,255 11/1969 Ciancio ..2l1/13 4 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures Frank/b M. Wilma/h INVENTOR.

WW v TACK AND SADDLE RACK This invention relates to a light weight but rigid openwork rack which is constructed from integrally connected stout rod members and which can be detachably connected with an eye bolt or study screw eye mounted on a tack room wall or a wall-stud in a transporting truck and which enables the user to readily attach and detach a saddle and its complemental tack.

Briefly the herein disclosed dual purpose saddle and tack is integrally comprises an elongated frame which is substantially rectangular in plan and which is made from a single length of appropriate rod or stout wire stock. The frame has a straight across rearward end which is adapted to reside flatwise against the tack room wall or other stationary support surface. A second length of rod stock, which is bent upon itself into elongated U-shaped form, embodies an elongated bight or ridge portion having lateral forward and rearward end portions. The rearward end portion is at right angles to and integrally joined with a median'part of the rearward transverse frame member. The forward end portion is at right angles to and rises from and joined to a median part of the front transverse frame member. This U-shaped member is located midway between the side members of the frame and the bight portion is spaced from and located in a plane spaced above the plane of the side members and constitutes an elevating prop. This prop in conjunction with the outstanding side members of the frame provide the rack proper and permits the saddle tree to be hung over and equally and retentively but removably supported by the propequipped-frame. The median part of the bight portion of the prop is slightly bent downward to provide a satisfactory seat for a coacting portion of the saddle tree and to prevent the saddle from slipping from its seated position. This bent portion is braced on each side, that is, to the left and right by outwardly and downwardly inclined stabilizing braces. This braced bent portion is also provided with a depending substantially Lshaped hanger bracket which in turn is provided with an arcuate clip. This clip-equipped bracket serves as a means to hang the tack near the front of the rack, making it easier to apply and remove the tack. The clip prevents the tack from creasing or tangling.

An object of the invention, generally stated, is to provide an open work rack of the type above set forth and wherein the rearward end of the bight portion has a forwardly opening fixedly mounted hook, that is, a hook which can be readily attached to and detached from the eye of a wall-supported eye bolt or screw eye, as the case may be.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIG. I is a view in perspective showing a fragmentary portion of a tack room wall provided with an embedded or anchored eye bolt to which the associated hanger hook of the improved tack and saddle rack is connected and is readied for use.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged central longitudinal sectional view taken approximately on the plane of the longitudinal section line 2-2 of FIG. 1, looking in the direction of the indicating arrows.

And FIG. 3 is a cross-section taken approximately on the plane of the vertical section line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

By way of introduction to the description of the details it is to be reiterated that the overall ready-to-use rack is such in design and adaptability that it can be hooked in place and supported on a tack room wall or, alternatively, on a stud on the room wall or within the confines of a transporting truck (not shown).

Under ordinary circumstances the means for attaching the rack to the wall will comprise either an eye bolt or screw eye 4.

The aforementioned elongated substantially rectangular light weight but rigid frame is denoted by the numeral 6 and comprises a pair of spaced parallel coplanar longitudinal side members 8 having inward ends connected by an inward or rearwardly disposed transverse frame member 10. In practice this frame member rests against the surface of the wall, as brought out in FIGS. 1 and 2. The outer or forward end may, if desired, be arcuately rounded as denoted at 12. The aforementioned saddle seating and elevating prop is denoted by the numeral 14 and comprises a length of suitable stout wire or rod stock. This member is of inverted U-shaped form and the elongated bight portion 16 is commensurate in length with the frame and the depending rearward end portion 18 is rigidly joined to a median portion of the rearward frame member 10. The slightly shorter depending portion, which is located at the front of the frame, is denoted at 20 and is joined to and is at right angles to the central or median portion of the transverse end member 12 of the frame. A forward somewhat median portion of the bight portion is provided with a shallow bend or bent portion 22 to more satisfactorily seat and guard against slippage of the padded surface (not shown) of a conventional saddle. Experience has shown that for sake of stability and rigidity it is desirable to employ a pair of left and right braces 24 and 26. These braces have their upper converging ends joined to the bent portion 22 and the lower ends straddle the frame and have their lower end portions 28 joined to the frame side members 8 in the manner brought out in FIGS. 1 to 3, inclusive. This braced bent portion of the prop is provided with an integral depending hanger bracket which is denoted at 30 and which is substantially L-shaped in side elevation as brought out in FIG. 2 in particular. The long vertical leg 32 is integral with the bent portion 22. The shorter leg 34 projects forwardly and terminates in an upstanding bill 36. This hook-like hanger serves to accommodate a substantially semi-circular or arcuate clip. The median part 38 of the clip is secured to the leg 34 and the end portions 40 depend to a plane below the bottom of the frame. This hanger bracket and clip cooperate in providing adapter means for supporting the tack (not detailed).

The overall structure features a suitable high center prop for seating and stabilizing the saddle. The adapter bracket 30 is placed near the front of the rack making it easier to reach the tack. The clip prevents the tack from creasing or tangling. It follows that the overall rack well serves the purposes for which it is intended and the rearward end of the bight portion is provided with a hook 42 for attachment to the aforementioned screw eye 4. This permits ready attachment and detachment of the rack.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

I. A suspended rack for a saddle and a cooperable tack comprising a one piece elongated frame embodying a pair of longitudinal side members joined at forward ends by a transverse front member and at rearward ends by a transverse rear member, said rear member being straight across and adapted to rest firmly from end to end against a surface of said wall, a single centralized inverted U-shaped rod in a plane above the plane of said frame having an elongated bight portion and lateral forward and rearward end portions, said rearward end portions being disposed at right angles to and integrally joined with a median portion of said rearward transverse frame member, said forward end portion being disposed at right angles to and integrally joined to a median portion of said front transverse frame member, said bight portion being equally spaced from and located midway between said side frame members and being in a plane spaced above the plane of said side members, whereby to provide an elevating prop and to permit the saddle tree to be hung over and equally and retentively but removably supported by said frame and complemental U-shaped rod, said bight portion being of a length commensurate in length with the length of said frame, an intermediate forward part of said bight portion being bent downwardly to adaptively conform to and seat a contoured portion of the usual pad-lined saddle tree, said bent part being provided with outwardly and downwardly inclined auxiliary rods providing stabilizing braces, the adjacent inner ends of said braces being integrally joined to said bent part and the outer ends being integrally joined to coacting forward portions of the side members of said frame.

2. The suspended rack defined in and according to claim I, and, in combination, a substantially L-shaped hanger bracket fixed to and depending from a forward median part of said bight portion, and an arcuate clip having a central portion fixed to a part of said bracket in a manner to provide a support, said clip providing a tack holder and the curvature thereof aiding in suspending the tack in an orderly, accessible non-tangling manner.

3. A suspended rack for a saddle and a cooperable tack comprising a single elongated rectangular frame embodying longitudinal side members joined at forward ends by a transverse front member and at rear ward ends by a transverse rear member, said rear member being adapted to rest firmly against a surface of said wall, an inverted U-shaped rod having an elongated bight portion and lateral forward and rearward end portions, said rearward end portion being at right angles to and integrally joined with a median portion of said rearward transverse frame member, said forward end portion being at right angles to and integrally iiiii rinibe fiiiii fiiiiifiofiioi cfifi'i ii e iiifi and located midway between said side frame members and being in a plane spaced above the plane of said side members, a forward median part of said bight portion having a shallow bent portion provided with outwardly and downwardly inclined stress and strain distributing and equalizing brace rods joined at their respective outer ends to oriented portions of the side members of said frame, a rearward end portion of said bight portion having a fixed rigid frame attaching and supporting hook.

4. The suspended rack defined in and according to claim 3, and, in combination, a substantially L-shaped hanger bracket fixed to and depending from a forward median part of said bight portion, and an arcuate clip having a central portion fixed to a part of said bracket in a manner to provide a support, said clip providing a tack holder and the curvature aiding in suspending the tack in an orderly, accessible non-tangling manner. 

1. A suspended rack for a saddle and a cooperable tack comprising a one piece elongated frame embodying a pair of longitudinal side members joined at forward ends by a transverse front member and at rearward ends by a transverse rear member, said rear member being straight across and adapted to rest firmly from end to end against a surface of said wall, a single centralized inverted U-shaped rod in a plane above the plane of said frame having an elongated bight portion and lateral forward and rearward end portions, said rearward end portions being disposed at right angles to and integrally joined with a median portion of said rearward transverse frame member, said forward end portion being disposed at right angles to and integrally joined to a median portion of said front transverse frame member, said bight portion being equally spaced from and located midway between said side frame members and being in a plane spaced above the plane of said side members, whereby to provide an elevating prop and to permit the saddle tree to be hung over and equally and retentively but removably supported by said frame and complemental U-shaped rod, said bight portion being of a length commensurate in length with the length of said frame, an intermediate forward part of said bight portion being bent downwardly to adaptively conform to and seat a contoured portion of the usual pad-lined saddle tree, said bent part being provided with outwardly and downwardly inclined auxiliary rods providing stabilizing braces, the adjacent inner ends of said braces being integrally joined to said bent part and the outer ends being integrally joined to coacting forward portions of the side members of said frame.
 2. The suspended rack defined in and according to claim 1, and, in combination, a substantially L-shaped hanger bracket fixed to and depending from a forward median part of said bight portion, and an arcuate clip having a central portion fixed to a part of said bracket in a manner to provide a support, said clip providing a tack holder and the curvature thereof aiding in suspending the tack in an orderly, accessible non-tangling manner.
 3. A suspended rack for a saddle and a cooperable tack comprising a single elongated rectangular frame embodying longitudinal side members joined at forward ends by a transverse front member and at rearward ends by a transverse rear member, said rear member being adapted to rest firmly against a surface of said wall, an inverted U-shaped rod having an elongated bight portion and lateral forward and rearward end portions, said rearward end portion being at right angles to and integrally joined with a median portion of said rearward transverse frame member, said forward end portion being at right angles to and integrally joined to a median portion of said front transverse frame member, said bight portion being spaced from and located midway between said side frame members and being in a plane spaced above the plane of said side members, a forward median part of said bight portion having a shallow bent portion provided with outwardly and downwardly inclined stress and strain distributing and equalizing brace rods joined at their respective outer ends to oriented portions of the side members of said frame, a rearward end portion of said bight portion having a fixed rigid frame attaching and supporting hook.
 4. The suspended rack defined in and according to claim 3, and, in combination, a substantially L-shaped hanger bracket fixed to and depending from a forward median part of said bight portion, and an arcuate clip having a central portion fixed to a Part of said bracket in a manner to provide a support, said clip providing a tack holder and the curvature aiding in suspending the tack in an orderly, accessible non-tangling manner. 